Definitions for toilsome
ˈtɔɪl səmtoil·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

   "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. toilsomeadjective

   requiring continuous physical effort; laborious

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Toilsomenoun

   Laborious; weary.

   Etymology: from toil.

   This were it toilsome, yet with thee were sweet. John Milton.

   While here we dwell,
   What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? John Milton.

   Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear,
   A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear;
   Recal those nights that clos’d thy toilsome days,
   Still hear thy Parnel in his living lays. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Toilsomeadjective

   attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work

How to pronounce toilsome?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of toilsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of toilsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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